Silverette
grabbed command at the top of the stretch and held off all challengers to take
the Red Cross by a length after covering the six furlongs over a fast main
track in a snappy 1:09 3/5.The winner
paid $6.80, $3.80 and $2.40.Angel’s
Glory finished a length behind the winner, completing the $45.20 exacta and
paying $5.60 and $3.40.It was another
half-length back to odds-on favorite Holiday Soiree, who paid $2.10 to show.

“This filly
has a chance to be something really special,” said winning trainer Dale
Romans.“She’s always been one of my
favorites.She had a little bump in the
road last year, but that’s behind us.The race played out exactly the way we thought and everything worked out
right.”

Monday’s
victory was the fourth in eight career starts for Silverette.The 4-year-old filly by Street Sense out of
the Holy Bull mare Holy Lightning has now banked $198,802 for her connections.

In the
Little Silver, Rusty Slipper angled out for the drive and posted a
three-quarter length victory over Street Gem, who was disqualified from second
and placed fifth for interference in upper stretch with Rhythm Queen.Rusty Slipper went the mile over firm turf in
1:35 1/5 and paid $22.40, $9.80 and $7.60.Three Hearts, who was a half-length farther back, was placed second,
rounding out the $142.60 exacta and paying $5.80 and $4.60.Skyfall was placed third, good for a $5.60 mutuel.

“My filly
has a little speed,” said the winning rider, “but I was able to sit just off
the pace.The leaders starting backing
up at the quarter pole and I angled to the outside.Once she got clear, she really kicked in.”

Conditioned
by H. Graham Motion, Rusty Slipper boosted her lifetime bankroll to
$62,014.The daughter of Lemon Drop Kid
from the With Approval mare Classic Approval has won three of her five starts.

Live racing
continues at Monmouth
Park on Friday, May 31 –
gates open 11:30 a.m., first post 12:50 p.m.